Friday, January 5, 2018

Community Happenings - Live Broadcasts and Answers

The first week of 2018 comes to an end and we have two important topics to discuss today. This weekend, competitive Minion Masters starts its 2018 journey and that means King Puff Cup returns with a $225 prize pool split amongst the Top4 participants. Additionally, the Expeditions rework has finally a set date to be released and we want to go over some details you definitely need to know prior to this update.

Expeditions Reloaded

We discussed the most important upcoming changes to the Expeditions in our last couple of blog posts, already. Nevertheless, we want to give you another overview of what will happen:

Supplies will be removed

Relics will be removed

Premium Upgrade changes to Gold again

Gold is back as a reward

Daily Quest will reward Gold again

Movement in the Expeditions will be free

Expeditions map size will be reduced by roughly 2/3

Might can only be acquired by overcoming online challenges. These challenges will contain optional objectives like "Kill 10 minions before they reach your side of the arena".

Completing a challenge removes the encounter and rewards your with Might. Important note: You don't have to win the battle, but reach the objective. Progression is possible without winning.

PvE encounters are not gone. But they are fewer than before and will test your might

Rewards are gone from the map. Beat the last boss to claim your rewards

You can only get rewarded once per Expedition

Daily income for players stays the same

Free Expeditions will be released periodically

In addition to that overview, we will answer the most asked questions.

What happens to our Supplies and Relics after the update?

Your saved Supplies and Relics will be reimbursed. They will be converted to Gold as follows:

Supplies will be converted by 1:0.3. Every Supply is worth 0.3 Gold.

Relics will be converted by 1:50. Every Relic is worth 50 Gold.

I loved the PvE aspect of Expeditions. Will this feature be gone?

Like stated in the overview above, the new Expeditions will contain PvE fights, but the encounters are reduced. PvE fights are necessary to progress towards your rewards, though! The few encounters will test your might, which you gathered by completing the PvP challenges. After you have beaten the last boss, you can claim your rewards.

Should I still run Expeditions or save my resources?

That's up to personal preference. We will reimburse your Supplies and Relics with Gold. Please note, that the update is still 11 days away. When we get closer to the update it is important to remember that:

Ongoing expeditions will be stopped

Local supplies and progress will be lost

King Puff Cup broadcasted live

With the implementation of the Spectator mode, the King Puff Cup staff decided to utilize this new feature for their first live broadcasting of a tournament. In the past, matches were broadcasted via replays, since spectating the matches was not possible. Spectator mode and live broadcasting is the next step to bring competitive Minion Masters closer to the viewers.

OneCanOfSprite and Tengs will be your hosts on Saturday, January 6th at 14:00 UTClive on Twitch. The official announcement doesn't give us any hints how they plan to cast the matches and if that means more downtime between matches for the participants. If you have any questions on that subject, please feel free to contact FFA or Dipshit on Discord or write an email to kingpuffcup@gmail.com.

By the way: you are still able to sign up for King Puff Cup 15 and participate for glory, honor and $225 in the prize pool! Remember that your participation grants you points depending on your performance within the tournaments. The 16 point leaders will be invited to the King Puff Cup Invitational in late February this year.

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That's all, Masters. Feel free to go back to the flying arenas and practice your skills or clear one or two of the current Expeditions!